Article ID: 35938
Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q35938
Using batch files in MS-DOS, it is not possible to include an equal sign as an argument to a batch file. The batch file parser considers this to be a delimiter, such as a space or tab character. Thus, using the following one-line batch file (named TEST.BAT):
echo %1 %2
If the following is entered:
TEST one=two
it would produce the following output
one two
which shows that the batch file parser considers "one" the first argument, and "two" the second argument, with the equal sign being a delimiter. This makes it impossible to enter equal signs in batch files as command-line options.
Additional query words: 6.22 2.00 2.10 2.11 2.25 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.22 3.30 3.30A 4.00 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
Keywords: KB35938
